• September 11, 2002 Homily by Cardinal McCarrick
  
  

• Prayers and remembrance: churches, schools mark 9/11 anniversary [09/19/02]
• Pope says world must address injustices that lead to terrorism [09/19/02]
•  Cardinal and interfaith leaders join president in prayer [09/19/02]
• Never Without Hope [09/19/02]
• Recovery worker who rushed to Pentagon crash site said her faith helped her through emotional weeks that followed
• As 9-11 approaches, experts offer advice for parents
• At St. Ann's, volunteer's loving legacy continues in year after Sept. 11
  
  

EWTN:

• Anti-Terrorism Fight Must Respect Laws, Says Vatican [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• 9/11 Homily: Defeating Violence Requires Knowing Christ [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Pope Remembers And Prays For Victims Of September 11 [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Commemoration For Victims Of September 11 [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Pope Devotes Weekly Audience To 9/11 Anniversary [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• 09/11 Observances At Rome's Airport, American Parish [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• John Paul Ii Condemns Terrorism And Prays For Victims Of 9/11 [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Pope Prays For Forgiveness Of Perpetrators Of Attacks [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• War On Terrorism Should Be Primarily Non-Military, Say U.s. Bishops [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• U.S.' Vatican Envoy Views Sept. 11, And Beyond [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Papal Address On Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks [09-11-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Vatican Questions US Policy Toward Iraq [09-10-2002/EWTN.com]
• Mass For 9/11 Victims At Rome's Airport [09-10-2002/EWTN.com]
• Pope Outlines Proper Response To Terrorism [09-09-2002/EWTN.com]
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USCCB:

• Bishops Commemorate Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks in Statement by Their Administrative Committee, USCCB Communications, 9-12-2002
• Bishops' Sept. 11 Statement Calls for Not Just a 'Safer World But a More Just and Peaceful World',USCCB Communications, 9-12-2002
• Statement on the Anniversary of September 11th, USCCB Social Development & World Peace, 9-10-2002
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Chronology of Selected Articles from EWTN.com and Zenit.org

• A Brand Of Islam That Became An Ideology [09-06-2002/ZENIT.org]
• No One Would Win In Clash Of Civilizations, Conferees Told [09-04-2002/ZENIT/EWTN.com]
• In Message To Saddam, John Paul II Prays For Peace In Iraq [22-Jul-2002/Zenit/EWTN.com]
• Report: Al-Qaeda Planned Terror Attack On Vatican [12-Jul-2002/EWTN.com]
• Tensions Among The Shifting Sands Of Islam [6-May-2002/ZENIT/EWTN.com]
• Cardinal Ratzinger Highlights Christian Challenge Following Sept. 11 [4-Mar-2002/EWTN.com].
• Dialogue Not Enough Against Extremism, Say Catholics And Muslims [28-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Young Canadians Visit Ground Zero With Wyd Cross [25-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• World Youth Day Cross Headed To Ground Zero [23-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Cardinal Ratzinger Comments On Lessons Of Assisi [22-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Vatican Opposes Attacks On Iraq And Favors Creation Of Palestinian State [20-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Letter In Defense Of U.s. War On Terrorism [13-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Reality "imposes" Christian-Muslim Ties, Says Bishop [6-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Catholic Charities Allocates More Than $20 Million For Sept. 11 Recovery Efforts [6-Feb-2002/EWTN.com]
• Religious Leaders In Joint Call For Peace In Holy Land [28-Jan-2002/EWTN.com]
• Muslims In Assisi Commit Themselves To Respect Other Religions [26-Jan-2002/EWTN.com] 
• Address Of His Holiness Pope John Paul II To The Representives Of World Religion - Text [24-Jan-2002/EWTN.com]
• In Assisi, Religions Will Resolve Not To Use God To Justify Violence [19-Jan-2002 EWTN.com]
• Youths´ Cross To Visit Ruins Of Twin Towers [15-Jan-2002 EWTN.com]
• Sept 11 Changed New Yorkers, Says Priest [11-Jan-2002 EWTN.com]
• Response To Terrorism Must Be A Just World Order, Cardinal Says [21-Dec-2001 EWTN.com]
• Catholic Musicians Unite For Victims Of Sept 11 [19-Dec-2001 EWTN.com]
• Vatican Message To Muslims At End Of Ramadan [14-Dec-2001 EWTN.com]
• Virgin Mary Seen As A Model For All Muslims [11-Dec-2001 EWTN.com]
• Guidelines For The Days Of Fasting And Prayer For Peace [Vatican Information Service Dec. 6, 2001 / Ewtn.com]
• What The Press Does Not Report About New York´s Tragedy [2-Dec-2001 EWTN.com]
• Taking On Terrorism -- How Bishops See The Fight [26-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• Council Issues Annual Message To Muslims For End Of Ramadan [29-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• Muslims And Jews Taking Up Pope´s Invitation To Assisi [21-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• Pope Asks Catholics To Fast, Religious Leaders To Meet In Assisi [19-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• Keep Up The Help After Sept. 11, U.s. Bishops Are Urged [13-Nov-2001 / EWTN.com]
• Afghanistan May Now Be A Priestless Nation [9-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• A Country With Only One Catholic Chapel [9-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• Denver´s Archbishop Chaput Views Sept. 11 And Its Fallout [2-Nov-2001 EWTN.com]
• A Theologian Looks For The "why" Of Sept. 11 [30-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• After Sept. 11, A Return To Religion [28-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Catholic Aid Groups Mobilizing To Help Afghanistan [21-Oct-2001 -- EWTN.com]
• Bishops' Synod To Issue Strong Condemnation Of Terrorism [19-Oct-2001 -- EWTN.com]
• Sept. 11 Attacks Call For New Effort Against Poverty, Pope Says [17-Oct-2001 -- EWTN.com]
• George Weigel On Just-War Principles [15-Oct-2001/EWTN.com]
• Op Vatican Diplomat Sees Us Strikes As Justifiable [13-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Us Bishops Respond To Counterattack On Taliban, Bin Laden [9-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Pope, Bush Sr. Meet In Rome, Discuss September 11 [5-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Christian-Muslim Conference Looks At Roots Of Terrorism [4-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Pray The Rosary To End Terrorism, Pope Pleads [1-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Renowned Moral Theologian Weighs In On Anti-Terrorism [1-Oct-2001 EWTN.com]
• Ways To Help Avoid A Clash Between The West And Islam [30-Sep-2001 EWTN.com]
• Vatican: U.s. Action Could Be Seen As Self-Defense [28-Sep-2001 / EWTN.com]
• Us Religious Leaders Say Force Justified To Protect Life [22-Sep-2001 / EWTN.com]
• John Paul II Emphasizes Hope In Darkness Of Tragedy [20-Sep-2001 / EWTN.com]
• Our Nation's Darkest Day Was Their Finest [17-Sep-2001 / EWTN.com]
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Archdiocese of Washington News Releases / Catholic Standard Articles:

• Bishops Invite Area Catholics to 9/11 Mass at Shrine; Archdiocese Also Holds Memorial Mass [ADW.org / Sept. 5, 2002]
• Schedule of September 11 events [cathstan.org / Aug. 29, 2002]
• Catholic Schools Observe 9/11 [ADW.org]
• Cardinal challenges religious communities to strive for peace in '9/11 era' [2-May-2002/cathstan.org]
• After Sept. 11, Charities mobilizes to provide help to area families [7-Feb-2002/cathstan.org]
• In Assisi, religious leaders call violence, religions incompatible [7-Feb-2002/cathstan.org]
• Muslim Assisi participants deny any link between Islam, violence [7-Feb-2002/cathstan.org]
• Gathering in Assisi Editorial [7-Feb-2002/cathstan.org]  
• 2001: New era in American history begins with Sept. 11 attacks [27-Dec-2001 /cathstan.org]
• Cardinal McCarrick Calls for Fasting Until War Ends [10/11/01 / ADW.org]
• Cardinal McCarrick on U.S. Strikes in Afghanistan [10/07/01 / ADW.org ]
• October 11 to be Worldwide Day of Prayer [10/05/01 / ADW.org]
• Statement of Cardinal McCarrick, U.S. Senate Tolerance and Unity Press Conference [9/26/01 / ADW.org]
• Letter from Pope John Paul II to Cardinal McCarrick After Terrorist Attack [9/15/01 / ADW.org]
• Catholic Charities Offering Emergency Assistance [9/13/01 / ADW.org]
• DISASTER RELIEF: Donations can be made to Catholic Charities to help those who have been devastated by the terrorist attacks. Mail your donations to: Catholic Charities Disaster Relief Fund, 924 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20001; For more information call (202) 772 4300.
• Cardinal McCarrick Urges Prayer in Wake of Tragedy [9/11/01 / ADW.org]
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USCCB News Releases and Resources [nccbuscc.org and usccb.org ]:

Nine Days to 9/11: Looking Back and Moving Forward is USCCB Resource to Help Commemorate First Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks [19-Jul-2002/nccbuscc.org]
For more, see the USCCB Nine Days to 9/11 Resources page.

The Bishops' National Tragedy Web Page; and Their "Prayers and Readings for This Time of Crisis" Page

Articles and Releases:

• Diocesan and Religious Representatives Attend Institute on Islam and Catholic-Muslim Relations [26-Jul-2002/nccbuscc.org]
• Mid-Atlantic Dialogue of Catholics And Muslims Discusses Aggressive Use Of Force, Violence, Injustice, And Suffering at Fifth Annual Meeting [19-Apr-2002]
• World Youth Day Cross in New York February 24-25, 2002 [Pictoral] [5-Apr-2002]
• USCCB Response to September 11 [27-Feb-2002]
• Catholic Social Justice Leaders Focus on September 11 [26-Feb-2002]
• Terrorism Response Noted in Annual Stand Against Violence (the Catholic Church's annual January 15-22 anti-violence campaign) [3-Jan-2001]:
  .....Anti-Violence Packet for Diocesan and Parish Leaders
• National Day of Prayer for Peace - Liturgical Resources
• Vatican Council and Papal Statements on Islam [11-Dec-2001]
• Pope John Paul II's World Day of Peace Message [8-Dec-2001]
• National Council of Synagogues, BCEIA, Issue Joint Reflection on the Events of September 11th [5-Dec-2001]
• Bishops Declare January 1 'Day of Prayer For Peace,' Resources Available
  In response to the tragedies of September 11, the nation's Catholic bishops have designated January 1, 2002, a Day of Prayer for Peace. [27-Nov-2001]
• A Pastoral Message: Living With Faith and Hope After September 11 [15-Nov-2001]
• Efforts Against Terrorism RequireResolve, Restraint, Long-term on Justice and Peace, Bishops Declare [15-Nov-2001]
• Catholic Bishops' Conference President Issues Statement on Military Action [9-Oct-2001]
• Bishops Say 'Resolve and Restraint' Must Govern Nation's 'Obligation to Defend the Common Good' In a letter to President Bush, Galveston-Houston Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed support for efforts "to seek out and hold accountable" those responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. [20-Sep-2001]
• Catholics Urged to Reach Out to Muslim Neighbors
  Following a rash of anti-Muslim incidents across the country, a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops official has urged Catholics to reach out to their own Muslim neighbors. [19-Sep-2001]
• Catholic Bishops and Muslim Leaders Issue Joint Statement
  Catholic Bishops and Muslim leaders issued a joint statement today (September 14) in response to this week's terrorist attacks on the United States. [14-Sep-2001]
• Catholic Charities Agencies Mobilize To Help Victims of Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
  Catholic Charities agencies are mobilizing to help victims and their families recover from the devastation in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. [13-Sep-2001]
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Other Resources of Note:

• St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
  • Remembering 9/11 - 5 Ways to Commemorate the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
  • Finding My Son Alive [September 2002 Issue]
  • Ministry at Ground Zero: Firefighter Chaplain [September 2002 Issue]
• No Greater Love: Chaplain Mychal Judge, O.F.M. [December 2001 Issue]
• Father Judge's Successor Reflects on Legendary Friar [catholicherald.com / Aug. 29, 2002]
• Spiritual Living - Our Pilgrimage of Prayer to the Cross at Groud Zero [catholic.net]
• Catholic Response to September 11 [vocations.org]
• September 11 Jesuit Pages:
  • JesuitsUSA September 11, 2001 [jesuit.org]
  • National Tragedy Response Site - Response from the Society of Jesus [udmercy.edu]
  • After September 11, 2001: UDM Response Site [udmercy.edu]
  • Maryland Province - Mourning Our Losses in the Province Family [ignatianpartners.org]
• Faith, Freedom, and September 11 [acton.org / Dec. 2001]
• Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child [terrorismandkids.com]
• The September 11 Tragedy: A Catholic Response, The Common Good, October, 2001
• Losses and Lessons in Escape from New York Catholic Herald [10/04/01 / catholic.org ]
• Sept 11: Ask a Catholic: Moving on from tragedy [cptryon.org]
• Book: "Terrorism and Kids: Comforting your Child" [11/29/01 cathstan.org],
  For more, see Terrorism and Kids: Comforting Your Child [terrorismandkids.com]
• Resources for parishes during this national crisis SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD
  [cathstan.org/11-15-2001]
• Let Us Give Children a Future of Peace [EWTN.com]
  Pope John Paul II [from World Day of Peace, 1 January 1996]
• Difficult Questions Regarding the Terror Attacks [EWTN.com]
• EWTN American Tragedy [EWTN.com]
• Diocesan Priests Minister to Pentagon Victims [9/20/01 / catholicherald.com]
• Religious Dimensions of Tragedy [9/20/01 / catholicherald.com]
• Responding to Terrorists [9/20/01 / catholicherald.com]
• Fr. McAfee's Homily from Barbara Olson's Memorial Mass [9/15/01 / catholicherald.com ]
• Father Judge, a Hero, Died a Hero's Death [9/19/01 Catholic.net]
• Cardinal Egan's Homily at Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC, Sept. 16, 2001
  [ny-archdiocese.org]
• Do It Again, Lord [9/14/01]. [Sent to Fr. Potts, who asked it be posted here.]